Pole or wood saw



E. G. HOBLER. POLE 0R WOOD SAW.

(No Model.)

Patehted Mar. 10,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD G. IIOBLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POLE OR WOOD SAW.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N 0. 448,038, dated March 10, 1891.

Application filed November 3, 1890. Serial No. 370.146. (No model.)

To all whom it vita-y concern.-

Be it known that 1, ED WARD G. HOBLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chieago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pole or Vood Saws, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to that class of rotary saws which are used for cutting cord-wood into stove lengths and for cutting poles into fence-posts, paving-blocks, and for other uses, and which are usually provided with a tilting table on which the material is placed at right angles tothe path of movement of the saw and by the tilting of the table is thrown forward into contact with the saw. In this class of machines it is essential to employ a flywheel or balance-wheel, and this wheel, when mounted on the saw-shaft, is always in the way when long pieces of wood or poles are to be out. To overcome this difliculty it has been proposed to mount the balance-wheel upon a counter-shaft which is run from abelt carried over a pulley, the counter-shaft being journaled upon a supplemental frame. This arrangement is unsatisfactory because of the increased power required thereby, and because, also, of the tendency of the belt used to run the counter-shaft to slip when the saw strikes the wood.

It is the object of my invention to so arrange the parts that the flywheel may be driven from the main belt directly and so placed that it shall be out of the way of the material being sawed.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view showing my improved machine, the dotted lines showing the relative position of parts while the wood is being out.

In the drawing, A indicates the usual frame, having the ground-sills B.

C are swinging arms which are pivoted to the frame A and support at their upper ends the table D, having rollers d at either end thereof, the stops d, and the yoke D, against the rear side of which the pole or stick of wood E is laid.

The saw F has its shaft F journaled at the apex of the frame, and beneath it and on the front of said frame is journaled the countershaft G, bearing the balance-wheel II. Said shaft has a belt-pulley g, which has conducted around it the main belt it, which is also passed over a'belt-pulley F" on the saw-shaft and over a belt-tightener J.

From the above description it will be observed that'the saw-shaft and balance-wheel shaft are both driven by the main belt, and that the fly-wheel is located below the sawshaft and out of the way, so as not to obstruct the free swinging of the table, thus adapting the machine to the sawing of poles or pieces of wood of any length.

I claim A pole or wood saw having in combination a stationary frame and a tilting frame, said stationary frame having journaled thereon the saw-shaft and in a lower plane the balancewheel s1: aft and an intermediate pulley, and a driving-belt carried about driving-pulleys on the saw-shaft and counter-shaft and over the intermediate pulley, whereby both the saw-shaft and balance-wheel shaft are driven by the same belt, substantially as described.

EDWARD G. HOBLER.

Witnesses:

G. C. LINTHICUM, FREDERICK O. GooDWIN. 

